Cryptomonas salina Wisłouch 1924

Publication Details
Cryptomonas salina Wisłouch 1924: 115, pl. 3: fig. 5

Published in: Wislouch, S.M. (1924). Przyczynek do biologji solnisk i genezy szlamów leczniczych na Krymie (Beiträge zur Biologie und Entstehung von Heilschlam der Salinen der Krim). Acta Societatis Botanica Polonicae 2(2): 99-129, plate 3.

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Publication date: 1924

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cryptomonas is Cryptomonas ovata Ehrenberg.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Rhodomonas salina (Wisłouch) D.R.A.Hill & R.Wetherbee.

Source of Synonymy
Hill, D.R.A. & Wetherbee, R. (1989). A reappraisal of the genus Rhodomonas (Cryptophyceae). Phycologia 28: 143-158.

Type Information
Type locality: USSR: various locations in Crimea and the Caucasus; (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), saline (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a brackish species.

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 21 July 2022

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